Re: [PATCH 1/3] gdb/python: remove Python 2 support

[Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca>]

On 2022-03-03 11:31, Andrew Burgess wrote:
> Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org> writes:
> 
>> Support for Python 2 is a maintenance burden for any patches touching
>> Python support.  Among others, the differences between Python 2 and 3
>> string and integer types are subtle.  It requires a lot of effort and
>> thinking to get something that behaves correctly on both.  And that's if
>> the author and reviewer of the patch even remember to test with Python
>> 2.
> 
> I think the conclusion of this thread was to drop Python 2 support after
> GDB 12 was branched.
> 
> Should we add NEWS entry that Py2 support is going away?
> 
> Below is a straw man patch.  I suspect the wording is probably not the
> best, but this is a starting point.
> 
> Thanks,
> Andrew
> 
> ---
> 
> diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
> index 1e53a55c259..6cde4a4abb2 100644
> --- a/gdb/NEWS
> +++ b/gdb/NEWS
> @@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
>  
>  *** Changes since GDB 11
>  
> +* GDB 12 is the last release of GDB that will support building against
> +  Python 2.  For GDB 13, it will only be possible to build GDB itself
> +  with Python 3 support.
> +
>  * Improved C++ template support
>  
>    GDB now treats functions/types involving C++ templates like it does function
> 

I think that's a good idea, LGTM.

Simon